Ralph Benaroya Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting charitable causes. Its mission centers around providing financial assistance to various charities, with a focus on human services, health-related initiatives, and community engagement. The foundation supports organizations that address homelessness, promote arts and culture, and provide essential services to the community. It primarily serves recipients in Washington, particularly in the Seattle area.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small, Seattle-area 501(c)(3) that provides community, arts, health, or housing services and has local relationships or introductions to the foundation's board or intermediaries.
Good Fit
- • Based in Washington state (Seattle area) and serving local communities.
- • Mission aligned with community centers, arts, health charities, or homelessness/housing services.
- • Requests appropriate to small foundation grant sizes and short-term project support.
- • Has an existing relationship, local introduction, or prior engagement with the foundation or its grantees.
Geography
Observed giving across 2022–2024 is entirely within Washington state and concentrated in the Seattle area; the latest year funded a single Seattle grantee.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows only one distinct recipient; across three years the foundation supported a small handful of independent local charities rather than a broad, diverse portfolio.
New Applicants
Filings and default application details indicate the foundation evaluates only preselected applicants, there is no public website or letter submission route, and the most recent year shows no new recipients—so unfamiliar organizations have low plausibility of entry.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
